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| Re: Traveling to Peru in July, need advice about companies
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Posted on: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:21:30 PST
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"danup" wrote in message
news:1141122343.093402.220870@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
>I think you can travel alone...
> I went to Peru last year in July and I flew from Amsterdam by KLM. Then
> I had some internal flights by LAN Peru and moved also by Orient
> Express train which you can book on Internet
> (http://www.orient-express.com/). They make the line
> Arequipa-Puno-Cusco-Machu Picchu.
> It was amazing! If you do not travel in the night the country is secure
> and policemen are everywhere (also on the trains). In Puno and Cusco
> there are a lot of travel agencies which brings you to the Titicaca
> lake and to the Inka Trail (you can book for a 1 to 5 day tracking
> journey from Cusco to Machu Picchu). Moreover you can book for Manu
> national park directly from there. I booked for Explorama Tours in
> Iquitos area on the Amazon River. It was great. You stay in a deluxe
> cottage in the middle of the jungle! Believe me it is easy to move in
> Peru...
> If you want to learn more please let me know...
>
The Explorama company has different facilities. Only one is deluxe place in
the jungle. Air Condition, etc. The others are more native, open air rooms
with mosquito netting. I have stayed in both and enjoyed both.
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